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The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental...
3) The switch
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"Four months after the power went out and his father went missing, Henry travels alone to find his father through the lawless world of the Switch, where he learns just how far people will go to survive"--
5) Half bad
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Series
Half bad trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 22 cm
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In modern-day England, where witches live alongside humans, Nathan, son of a White witch and the most powerful Black witch, must escape captivity before his seventeenth birthday and receive the gifts that will determine his future.
7) Half wild
Author
Series
Half bad trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
412 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan has come into his own unique magical Gift, but he is on the run with the Hunters close behind, and they will stop at nothing until they have captured Nathan and destroyed his father.
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Straight arrow FBI Agent, Kate O'Hare, always plays by the rules. Charming Con Man Nicholas Fox makes them up as he goes along. She thinks he's nothing but a scoundrel. He thinks she just needs to lighten up. They're working together to tackle the out-of-bounds cases ordinary FBI agents can't touch. And, their relationship? Well, there hasn't been so much explosive chemistry since Nitro was introduced to Glycerin. Next on the docket: The mysterious...
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David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life just a short drive away from the working-class suburb where he and his wife, Cheryl, first fell in love–until one fateful night when David woke suddenly to discover Matthew had been murdered while David was asleep just down the hall. Half a decade later, David’s been wrongly accused and convicted of the murder, left to serve out his time in a maximum-security...
10) Monster truck
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Little Critter wants a new toy Squisher truck! For two weeks, Little Critter does chores to pay for it--he lets the dog in, takes out the trash, and cleans his room. When he finally has enough money, the toy store is all sold out. To cheer up Little Critter, his dad takes him to his Uncle Zeb's Monster Truck Rally. From tricks on two wheels to riding in an actual monster truck, the rally is the best time ever! But will Little Critter ever get his...
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Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
"A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care"--
12) The storm whale
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Every day, in a house by the sea, a little boy watches his father leave for a long day's work. One night, a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach. The boy discovers the whale is a good listener. The father discovers the boy is lonely. Together, they return the whale to the sea. And from that day on, the boy learns that the father can be a good listener too"--
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Publisher
Random House Children's books, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"This Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader is based on the Disney film Strange World--in theaters on November 23, 2022! Walt Disney Animation Studios' Strange World journeys deep into an uncharted and treacherous land where fantastical creatures await. Directed by Don Hall, written by Qui Nguyen, and produced by Roy Conli, Strange World arrives in theaters on November 23, 2022. Children ages 6 to 8 will love this Step 3 Step into Reading leveled...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
267 pages : black and white photographs ; 23 cm
Description
"�Hasta d�onde podemos recuperar una memoria ajena? �Es posible entender lo que un padre ha sido sin nosotros? Ser hijo significa descender, alterar el tiempo, crear un desarreglo, un desajuste que se subsana con pedagog�ia, a veces con afecto o transmisi�on de conocimientos. Juan Villoro relata en La figura del mundo, el orden secreto de las cosas, algunos pasajes memoriosos en torno a su padre, el pensador mexicano-catal�an, Luis Villoro....
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians (graphic novels) volume 1
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume v 1
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 1
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume v 1
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 1
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"Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school ... again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's...
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